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Waldron
Waldron is a village and extensive parish in the East Grinstead division of Sussex, in the hundreds of Shiplake and Dill, rape of Pevensey and Laughton, rural deanery of Dallington, archdeaconry of Hastings and diocese of Chichester. Waldron includes the villages of Cross-in-hand and Horam. Waldron is 50 miles south of London.
Year1811184118611871188118911901191119211931
Population8401,0651,1321,2521,3421,4311,6982,1782,4262,722

Waldron is recorded in the Domesday book as 'Waldrene'
Waldron directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period
Waldron historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Waldron's key events in chronological order

Parish & other records Before
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1700
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1725
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1875
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1925
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1950
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After
2000

2073Births3866313391402957065422571
185Christenings165212215022642
428Marriages436202814264046364102
62Deaths134114215445
55Burials134114114341
 

Books and other documents
The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. in 1835 - Page 359
The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1851
Waldron: Its Church, Its Mansions, and Its Manors by The Rev. John Ley, B.D. in 1861 - Page 80
The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1867
A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. in 1870 - Page 222
The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1874
Kelly's Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1882
Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker in 1931 - Page 381

Waldron pictures

Horeham Manor
c 1780

Tanners
1784

Possingworth
1785

Possingworth
1861

Tanners
1861

The Church
1900

Tanners Manor
1904
 
Little London
1905

New Possingworth, Cross-in-Hand
1905

Possingworth, Cross-in-Hand
1905

Blackboys
1906

Oxen at plough
1907

Tanners Manor
1909

Cross in Hand
1910

Waldron Maps
c 1724

c 1795

c 1825

Sussex Maps
1610

1645

1695

1750

1756

1763

1st Sept 1787

1808

1837

1864

Currently The Weald is at  Database version 8.3 - 4th August 2010 and contains information on 294,820 people; 8,500 places; 613 maps; 2,773 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 187 books © The Weald and its contributors

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